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Herschel Fagan served his country for four years in the Army and then four more as a Marine. On Sunday, he and other at-risk veterans were the ones being served. A group of Marines from the base at Twentynine Palms — in town for a Memorial Day salute during the Padres-Cubs baseball game — spent the early morning dishing up scrambled eggs and sausage patties to veterans and other residents at downtown's St. Vincent de Paul Village. "I think it'll boost the morale of a lot of the former military guys to see these Marines," said Fagan, 56. "And it's good for the active-duty guys too. It's good for them to see that some of the things...

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